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Reagan Administration Controversies
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party and became an important figure in the American conservative movement. His presidency is known as the Reagan era. Born in Illinois, Reagan graduated from Eureka College in 1932 and was hired the next year as a sports broadcaster in Iowa. In 1937, he moved to California where he became a well-known film actor. During his acting career, Reagan was president of the Screen Actors Guild twice from 1947 to 1952 and from 1959 to 1960. In the 1950s, he hosted ''General Electric Theater'' and worked as a motivational speaker for General Electric. During the 1964 presidential election, Reagan's "A Time for Choosing" speech launched his rise as a leading conservative figure. After being elected governor of California in 1966, he raised state taxes, turned the state budget deficit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party and became an important figure in the American conservative movement. Presidency of Ronald Reagan, His presidency is known as the Reagan era. Born in Illinois, Reagan graduated from Eureka College in 1932 and was hired the next year as a sports broadcaster in Iowa. In 1937, he moved to California where he became a well-known film actor. During his acting career, Reagan was president of the Screen Actors Guild twice from 1947 to 1952 and from 1959 to 1960. In the 1950s, he hosted ''General Electric Theater'' and worked as a motivational speaker for General Electric. During the 1964 United States presidential election, 1964 presidential election, Reagan's "A Time for Choosing" speech launched his rise as a leading conservative figure. After b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is the presidential library and burial site of Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States (1981–1989), and his wife Nancy Reagan. Located in Simi Valley, California, the library is administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The library opened in 1991 and houses the repository of presidential records from the Reagan administration. The library contains millions of documents, photographs, films and tapes. It also contains memorabilia and a permanent exhibit of Ronald Reagan's life. Planning The first person to propose a site for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library was W. Glenn Campbell, director of the Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank much used by Reagan for policy positions. Campbell contacted Ronald Reagan in February 1981 to say that the Hoover Institution was willing to host the Reagan Library at their headquarters on the campus of Stanford University in Northern California. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the primary Land warfare, land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of the United States Constitution (1789).See alsTitle 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001 It operates under the authority, direction, and control of the United States Secretary of Defense, United States secretary of defense. It is one of the six armed forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. The Army is the most senior branch in order of precedence amongst the armed services. It has its roots in the Continental Army, formed on 14 June 1775 to fight against the British for independence during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). After the Revolutionary War, the Congress of the Confederation created the United States Army on 3 June 1784 to replace the disbanded Continental Army.Library of CongressJournals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Awards And Honors Received By Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan received numerous awards and honors after his presidency. Awards * Sylvanus Thayer Award by the United States Military Academy (1989) * Naval Heritage award by the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation (1998) * Congressional Gold Medal by the United States Congress (July 27, 2000) Honors * Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois (1981) * Order of Lincoln by the governor of Illinois * Distinguished Service Medal by the American Legion (1982) * Golden Pheasant Award by the Scout Association of Japan (1983) * Honorary knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (June 14, 1989) * Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum by Japan (October 23, 1989) * Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (September 3, 1990) * Honorary citizenship of Berlin (November 1992) * Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President George H. W. Bush (January 18, 1993) * Republican Senatorial Medal of Freedom by Republican U.S. senators * Grand Cross of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Reagan
John Neil Reagan (September 16, 1908 – December 11, 1996) was an American radio station manager, CBS senior producer, and senior vice president of McCann Erickson. He was the older brother of the Hollywood star and United States President Ronald Reagan. Life and career Neil Reagan was born in Tampico on September 16, 1908.Yager (2006), p. 63 He was baptized as a Catholic, the faith of his father. As an infant, he attended his mother's church, but later became affiliated with his father's religion. His younger brother was baptized and raised in their mother's Disciples of Christ church. Neil was described as a boisterous and gregarious personality in his youth.Yager (2006), p. 64 His family and friends called him "Moon", which came from the ''Moon Mullins'' comic strip. In 1933, Neil graduated from Eureka College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. He followed his brother to California and established a career as a television producer and advertising executive. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelle Wilson Reagan
Nelle Clyde Wilson Reagan (July 24, 1883 – July 25, 1962) was the mother of 40th United States President Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) and his older brother Neil Reagan (1908–1996). Early life Nelle was born in Fulton, Illinois, the oldest of seven childrenKengor, Paul (2004), p. 4 of Mary Ann (née Elsey) and Thomas Wilson. Her father was born in Clyde Township, Whiteside County, Illinois, of Scottish descent (partly by way of today Canada) while her mother was English, born in Epsom, Surrey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Nelle met Jack Reagan in a farm town along the Illinois prairie. The two were married in Fulton in November 1904.Reagan, Ronald (1990), p. 22 They had two children: Neil "Moon" Reagan and Ronald Wilson Reagan. After the birth of her second son, Nelle was told not to have any more children. The Reagan family moved from Tampico to many small Illinois towns, and Chicago, depending on Jack's employment. Workings with the church Ron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Reagan
John Edward Reagan (July 13, 1883 – May 18, 1941) was an American salesman. He was the father of U.S. president Ronald Reagan. Ancestry Jack's paternal grandfather, Michael O'Regan, son of Thomas O'Regan and wife Margaret Murphy, was a native of the village of Ballyporeen, County Tipperary, Munster, Ireland, where he was baptized in 1829. O'Regan worked as a tenant farmer during his early years in Ireland, before he moved to London not later than 1851. While living there, O'Regan married an Irish refugee named Catherine Mulcahey, daughter of Patrick Mulcahey and wife, and anglicized his family surname to "Reagan" before emigrating to Carroll County, Illinois, in 1857.Gullan (2001), p. 320 John Michael, their son, born in 1855, became a grain elevator farmer, and married Jennie Cusick in 1878. Cusick was born in 1857 in today Canada, but, like John Michael, her parents Patrick Cusick (son of Patrick Thomas Cusick and wife Jean Gabbert) and wife Sarah Higgins came from Irel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Reagan
Ronald Prescott "Ron" Reagan (born May 20, 1958) is an American political commentator and broadcaster. He is a former radio host and political analyst for KIRO (AM), KIRO and Air America Media, Air America Radio, with which he hosted his own daily three-hour show. He has also been a contributor to MSNBC. His Modern liberalism in the United States, liberal views contrast with those of his Conservatism in the United States, conservative father, President Ronald Reagan. He has been an outspoken critic of the modern-day Republican Party (United States), Republican Party and has said his father would be "ashamed" over the influence of Donald Trump in the Republican Party. Early life and education Reagan was born on May 20, 1958, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He is the only son of Ronald Reagan and his second wife, Nancy Davis Reagan. The family lived in Sacramento, California, Sacramento while his father was Governor of California, governor, from 1967 His sister, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patti Davis
Patricia Ann Davis (' Reagan; born October 21, 1952) is an American actress and author. She is the daughter of U.S. president Ronald Reagan and his second wife, Nancy Reagan. Early life and education Patricia Ann Reagan was born to Ronald and Nancy Reagan on October 21, 1952, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She is the older sister of Ron Reagan, and the younger adoptive sister of Michael Reagan as well as half-sister of the late Maureen Reagan. She went to grade school at The John Thomas Dye School in Bel Air, and graduated from the Orme School of Arizona in 1970. In an op-ed she wrote for the ''New York Times'', Davis admitted her addiction to prescription amphetamines from her teenage years into her early 20s, alongside a description of times she had recklessly driven while high on cocaine. She matriculated at Northwestern University, where she studied creative writing and drama. She then attended the University of Southern California for two yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Reagan
Michael Edward Reagan (born John Charles Flaugher; March 18, 1945) is an American conservative political commentator, Republican Party (United States), Republican strategist, and former radio talk show host. He is the adopted son of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan and his first wife, actress Jane Wyman. He works as a columnist for Newsmax. Early life Michael Edward Reagan was born John Charles Flaugher at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles to Essie Irene Flaugher (October 18, 1916 – December 26, 1985), an unmarried woman from Kentucky who became pregnant through a relationship with John Bourgholtzer (1918–1993), a United States Army, U.S. Army corporal. He was adopted by Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman shortly after his birth. He was expelled from Loyola High School (Los Angeles), Loyola High School after a short period at the school and in 1964, he graduated from the Judson School, a boarding school outside of Scottsdale, Arizona. He attended Arizona Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maureen Reagan
Maureen Elizabeth Reagan (January 4, 1941 – August 8, 2001) was an American political activist and the first child of U.S. president Ronald Reagan and his first wife, actress Jane Wyman. Her younger brother is Michael Reagan and her half-siblings are Patti Davis and Ron Reagan, from her father's second marriage (to Nancy Reagan). Early life Reagan was born January 4, 1941, in Los Angeles, where she was raised. She graduated from Marymount Secondary School, Tarrytown, New York, in 1958 and briefly attended Marymount University in Virginia. She worked for Walker & Dunlop and entered the Miss Washington competition in 1959. Her parents also had another daughter, Christine, who died shortly after birth. Acting career Reagan pursued a career in acting in her youth, appearing in films such as '' Kissin' Cousins'' (1964) in which she featured alongside Elvis Presley. She played Mrs. Moss on "The Love Boat" S2 E6 "Ship of Ghouls" opposite Vincent Price as The Amazing Alonzo. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Davis
Nancy Davis Reagan (; born Anne Frances Robbins; July 6, 1921 – March 6, 2016) was an American film actress who was the first lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989, as the second wife of President Ronald Reagan. Reagan was born in New York City. After her parents separated, she lived in Maryland with an aunt and uncle for six years. When her mother remarried in 1929, she moved to Chicago and later was adopted by her mother's second husband. As Nancy Davis, she was a Hollywood actress in the 1940s and 1950s, starring in films such as ''The Next Voice You Hear...'', ''Night into Morning'', and ''Donovan's Brain (film), Donovan's Brain''. In 1952, she married Ronald Reagan, who was then president of the Screen Actors Guild. He had two children from his previous marriage to Jane Wyman, and he and Nancy had two children together. Nancy Reagan was the first lady of California when her husband was Governor of California, governor from 1967 to 1975, and she began to work wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
